New Ulm weekly review., 1887-09-07
DAKOTA TERRI ORA Il NEWS


Matthias Karv, living near De smets
committed suicide.
Mayville has hopes Of becoming di.
vision headquarters OF the Northern
Pacific.
A meeting Of the officers OF the Ros.
5coe, Missouri River & Duluth and the
Forest City & Watertown railroads
decided to hold q Joint meeting oi
stockholders at Roscoe Sept. II, to
arrange for a union of the two roads.
Considerable apprehension existed
in regard to the outbreak OF disease
among the cattle at Richardson,
Stark county, the next county west
OF Morton on the Northern Pacific
railway Paroles who have examined
them say there is soreness in the
mouth, swelling of the palate and a,
low form cough. They wander around
by themselves and have no appetite
Col. James NJ Moore, chief quarter
master OF the department OF Dakota.
opened proposals for 5000 cords Of
soft wood and $500 tons of Ignite
coal for use at Fort Buford. The
lowest bid for coal was that OF F. d.
Taylor of Williston, and was $3,9s,
per ton. The lowest bid for dry wood
was that of w. B. Jordon, St. Paul,
at $4.87 per cord, and orgreen wood,
O. III. Beal of Bismarck, at $3.47 pei
cord.
Mathies Dairy, a farmer aged sixty.
living six miles east of De Smet, went
to Preston, bought a revolver, went
into the cemetery and shot himself
dead. The cause. is unknown,
AS Mrs. August Shultz, near Bris.
tol, was entering a cattle corral near
her home, she was set upon by a
young bull and fatally gored in the.
side and abdomen.
Solomon Pitcher was accidentally
shot and killed by Jacob Haas near
Columbia while hunting prairie chick.
ems. The remains were taken tc
Prairie du Chen, his former home.
Webster Oak. Special: Sheriff
Hanson OF Day county arrested Riley
Vanderford, charged with horse steal.
itg. Sheriff B. III. Corcoran came with
a requisition, and took Yanderford tc
Pierce county, where the crime is said
to have been committed.
At the first charter election, held at
Minot, 81. ScoEeld was elected may.
or, P. N. Mcnamara, treasurer, and N.
A. Mott, E. II. Belyea, Eugene Cole
man, P. H. Fields, William Brunette,
John Wood, alderman.
The storm of the 9th inst. at sterl.
ing, twenty EIGHT miles east of Bis,
.marck, only covered asmall territory,
but very severe hail fell to the depth
of two inches. Thirty feet of track on
the Northern Pacific railroad is
washed out.
One hundred acres just west Of
Bathgate threshed and yielded 1850
bushels No. / hard. Ninety acres
near Bathgate went 81 bushels Der
acre. On 1S acres were threshed $40
bushels-45 bushels per acre. On an.
other farm IS acres averaged 25
bushels per acre.
The latest sensation at Redfeld has
been the severe illness OF Miss Carrie
Reed, one OF Redfeld's prominent
bellies, which reveals her candestine
marriage about three weeks ago at
Ashton to party from Elk Point.
who has been called to her sick bed
The sec retary of the interior mod
fled the decision OF the commissioner
canceling the entries OF Eliza B
Rhodes Of quarter section In section
4, township l13, range 7s, Hur on
land district. The claimant is wild.
ow sixty-fve years old, end alleges
poor health for failure to comply
with the law. The secretary thinks
the claimant had better be given a
chance to make new proof.
St. Stevens Episcopal church at
Casselton was recently dedicated by
Bishop Walker. This church was
erected, furnished complete, and given
the society by Gen. Cass OF New York
city. 1t is the handsomest stone.
church iii North Dakota and is in
style Of architecture old English Of
the thirteenth century, with a de
tached tower. The cost was $500.
Among the clergymen present were
Bishop Walker OF Fargo and Rev. D.
Mulchahey Of New York.
H. A Humphrey, through his paper,
the Times, has directly charged Coun.
ty Commissioner D. H. Smith with
illegally and fraudulently voting at a
recent Faulkton election, and init,
mates that an effort will be made ct
the meeting of the first grand jury to
have the commissioners indicted.
Charles Potter, rector OF the Huron
Episcopal church, and Miss Minnie
Bishop, were married in Watkins, N.
Y, the home of the bride.
Mrs. Dan Baker, of East Water.